Family Day weekend ski touring trip based out of Kees and Claire Hut

February 15th 2025

Event Details

  • Date: –
  • Spots: 15
  • Member Cost: Free
  • Destination: Kees and Claire hut
  • Categories:
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Attendee Screening: Attendees are Pre-Screened - The Trip Leader will review your background and contact you before accepting you on the trip. You will get a confirmation that your sign-up is pending right away.
    That doesn't mean that you are confirmed to go on the trip yet. If you are accepted, you should receive an email from the coordinator to confirm your sign-up and coordinate the trip's details.

Description

Join us for 3 days of touring near Kees and Claire hut!

The cost per participant is $100 (hut fees).  Participants will also need to purchase a backcountry lift access pass for Whistler for $45, or skin up the Singing Pass trail. Other required fees are the overnight parking at Whistler lot #4, and carpool gas money.

While this trip is open to all ACC-Vancouver members, priority will be given to trip organizers and volunteers of the club.

Required Equipment:

  • Ski Touring pack
  • Avalanche Safety Equipment (beacon, shovel, probe) and knowledge of how to use them
  • Sleeping Bag and sleeping mat
  • Personal Food, clothing, and toiletries
  • Touring Skis or split board, +skins
  • Headlamp with spare batteries
  • Recommended items:
  • Sleeping mask and earplugs, the hut can get noisy
    • spare socks and gloves
    • versatile clothing layers for rapidly changing weather conditions
    • ski crampons depending upon the conditions of the snowpack
    • Ice axe, boot crampons
    • TBD closer to the trip – Harness, glacier travel kit

Required Skills and Fitness:

  • Fitness to ski all day with 30-35lb backpack.  Distances up to 15km and 2000m vertical per day for 3 days in a row.  Physical fitness is essential for the enjoyment of this trip.  
  • Ability to ski/ride black diamond runs on Whistler-Blackcomb under any conditions.
  • Completed AST-1 or AST-2
  • Recommended:  basic first aid training

The trip leader will prescreen participants and select them based on their ability and social fit with the group. The organizers might contact you with additional questions. Once you’re notified that you’ve been accepted for the trip, you should pay the hut fee ($100) to secure your spot.

Risks and Hazards:

General Hazards:

Slips trips and falls indoor or outdoor. Equipment failure. Infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact. Negligence of other persons, including other guests. Negligent first aid. Negligence of the guide Including failure to take reasonable steps to safeguard or protect you from, or warn you of risk, dangers, hazards, on participating in ACC activities.

Terrain:

Cornices and crevasses. Trees, tree wells, and tree stumps. Cliffs, creeks, rocks and boulders. Holes and depressions below the snow surface. Variable and difficult snow conditions. Snowcat roads and road ranks. Fences and other man-made structures. Impact or collision with other persons, vehicles or objects. Encounters with domestic or wild animals. Loss of balance or control. Becoming lost or separated from the group. Slips, trips, and falls. 

Avalanche:

Avalanches can occur in the terrain you will be entering. Caused by natural forces, or by people travelling through the terrain (skiing/snowboarding). Anyone caught in an avalanche is at risk of personal injury, death, and/or property damage or loss.

Communication and Rescue:

Communication can be difficult and in the event of an accident, rescue and treatment may not be available. Adverse weather may also delay the arrival of treatment and transport out of the field. If an injury occurs in challenging terrain movement to an evacuation point may be slow.

Boots and Binding Systems:

Even when set up correctly, a ski binding might not release during every fall or may release unexpectedly. The ski boot/binding system is no guarantee that the skier will not be injured. Non-DIN-certified bindings, such as pin/tech bindings, present a higher risk of pre-release and/or injury as they are not designed to the same safety standards as a DIN-certified alpine binding.

Unlike alpine ski boot/binding systems, snowboard and some telemark boot/binding systems are not designed or intended to release and will not release under normal circumstances. Using such a system increases the risk of injury and/or death when caught in an avalanche.  

Guest sign-up

Sign-ups are no longer available for this event.